Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was as soon as a vocal critic of Donald Trump. However that modified throughout final yr’s election marketing campaign. Now, he has instructed the newspaper he owns, The Washington Submit, to shift its editorial line to be extra in step with the president. So what provoked Bezos’s political change of coronary heart?
Murad Ahmed and the FT’s US media editor Anna Nicolau communicate to Marty Baron, the previous govt editor of the Washington Submit, about why Bezos purchased the Submit within the first place, the impact his possession is having on the newspaper, and the way the editorial shift is symptomatic of a bigger influence the president appears to be having throughout the American media panorama.
Jeff Bezos and the Washington Submit didn’t reply to a request for remark.
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This season of Tech Tonic is offered by Murad Ahmed and produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon. The senior producer is Edwin Lane and the chief producer is Flo Phillips. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Unique music by Metaphor Music, Manuela Saragosa and Topher Forhecz are the FT’s appearing co-heads of audio.
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